Kaiti Hayes, 7, reacts as foam from a dry ice experiment is placed in her hands by Donald Logue during the Police Athletic LeagueÕs Summer Science Camp in June. Logue, a fifth-grade math and science teacher at Frances K. Sweet Elementary School, used dry ice to demonstrate the process of sublimation, by which a solid turns directly into a gas, bypassing the liquid state. By dropping dry ice into a liquid soap solution, the resulting foam is safe to touch, according to Logue. ÒThat was pretty cool,Ó said Hayes.

Sit back, relax and take a look back at 2012 through the viewfinder of Scripps Treasure Coast Newspapers photographers as they share their favorite photos of the year.